Tests status of the SPIRAL 2 low beta cryomodules
Résumé
The Spiral 2 project at GANIL aims at producing exotic
ion beams for Nuclear Physics. The accelerator of the
primary beam is a superconducting Linac designed to
provide 5 mA deuteron beams at 40 MeV. It will also
allow accelerating stable ions of different Q/A values
ranging from protons to Q/A=1/6 heavy ions. The
accelerator should be commissioned by the end of 2011,
first beam in 2012. The first tests aiming to produce
exotic beams are planned one year later.
The superconducting LINAC consists of 12 low beta
(0.07) quarter wave (88 MHz) superconducting (SC)
cavities and 24 beta (0.14) SC cavities integrated in their
cryomodule.
The status of the low beta cryomodules, supplied by the
Irfu institute of CEA Saclay, is reported in this paper. The
RF full power tests were performed on the qualifying
cryomodule at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009,
and the tests of the first series cavity in vertical cryostat
are in course